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Re: The dark, lowering sky

GoesStation,
I know that "lowering" is not much in use, but I am trying to see if I can use different synonyms in different sentences, just to vary my writing. You, as a native speaker, know immediately if a synonym is acceptable, but I as a non-native speaker have to try them out to see if they function well in a sentence. I think this is the only way to learn synonyms properly. But as you can see, sometimes my sentences can sound odd in the ears of a native speaker.